Saving Stanley

Saving Stanley
Author: Scott Nadelson
Publisher: Hawthorne Books
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2011-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0983304998

WINNER OF THE H.L. DAVIS AWARD FOR SHORT FICTION at the 2004 Oregon Book Awards and GLCA's 2005 New Writers Award, Scott Nadelson’s interrelated short stories are graceful, vivid narratives that bring into sudden focus the spirit and the stubborn resilience of the Brickmans, a Jewish family of four living in suburban New Jersey. The central character, Daniel Brickman, forges obstinately through his own plots and desires as he struggles to balance his sense of identity with his longing to gain acceptance from his family and peers. In Kosher, Daniel’s disdain for his parents’ values and lifestyle, for their materialism and need for security, leads him to take a job as a telemarketer for the Robowski Fund for the Disabled, a charity benefiting two people only: Daniel and Helen Robowski. And in Young Radicals, Daniel gathers research for a thesis on early Soviet history by interviewing his grandfather, now a retiree in Florida, who painted factories and sang Communist work songs in 1920s Leningrad before immigrating to America. This fierce collection provides an unblinking examination of family life and the human instinct for attachment.

Saving Sky

Saving Sky
Author: Diane Stanley
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2010-08-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062007963

The country is at war, terrorists strike at random, widespread rationing is in effect, and the power grid is down. But thirteen-year-old Sky Brightman is remarkably untouched by it all. She lives off the grid on sixty acres of rural New Mexico ranch land with chores to do and horses to ride and no television or internet to bring disturbing news into her family's adobe house. Sky's schoolmates think she's a little weird. Then a string of mysterious arrests begins, and her new friend, Kareem, becomes a target. Sky is finally forced to confront the world in all its complexity. Summoning her considerable courage and ingenuity, she takes a stand against injustice. With humor, hope, and fierce determination, she proves that even a child can change the world.

Saving Sweetness

Saving Sweetness
Author: Diane Stanley
Publisher: Puffin
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2001
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780698117679

The sheriff of a dusty western town rescues Sweetness, an unusually resourceful orphan, from nasty old Mrs. Sump and her terrible orphanage.

Save the World on Your Own Time

Save the World on Your Own Time
Author: Stanley Fish
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2012-04-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0199892970

"Save the World on Your Own Time is invariably smart, stimulating, and provocative. It is filled with insights and crackles with verve. It is a joy to take in." - Texas Law Review

Somebody Swallowed Stanley

Somebody Swallowed Stanley
Author: Sarah Roberts (Children's story writer)
Publisher: Anchor Books
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2014
Genre: Marine resources conservation
ISBN: 9780992950507

It's Only Stanley

It's Only Stanley
Author: Jon Agee
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2015-03-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0698176685

Fans of Jon Klassen and Oliver Jeffers will love this mischievously funny read-aloud from award-winning author/illustrator Jon Agee Mysterious noises keep waking up the Wimbledon family. "That's very odd," says Mr. Wimbledon each time, but when he returns from checking on the sounds, he's always reassuring: "It's only Stanley; he's fixing the oil tank." "It's only Stanley; he's clearing the bathtub drain." But what Stanley the dog is actually doing while his oblivious family goes back to bed is deliciously absurd: he's turning the house into a rocket ship to zoom himself and his family to another planet for an alien encounter. This is a perfect rhyming read-aloud for fans of irreverent tales like Click Clack Moo and I Want My Hat Back.

Stanley Mows the Lawn

Stanley Mows the Lawn
Author: Craig Frazier
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2005-04-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780811848466

One day, Stanley sets out to mow his lawn. Up and back, up and back, there's only one way to do it...or is there? Renowned graphic designer and illustrator Craig Frazier has combined bold, dynamic illustrations with a simple story that celebrates the imagination and the art of looking at the world in your own way.

Stanley Goes Fishing

Stanley Goes Fishing
Author: Craig Frazier
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2006-03-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780811852449

Stanley, a fellow who looks at life differently, goes on a fishing trip and discovers that the fish are not where they should be.

Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned

Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned
Author: Kenneth O. Stanley
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2015-05-05
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319155245

Why does modern life revolve around objectives? From how science is funded, to improving how children are educated -- and nearly everything in-between -- our society has become obsessed with a seductive illusion: that greatness results from doggedly measuring improvement in the relentless pursuit of an ambitious goal. In Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned, Stanley and Lehman begin with a surprising scientific discovery in artificial intelligence that leads ultimately to the conclusion that the objective obsession has gone too far. They make the case that great achievement can't be bottled up into mechanical metrics; that innovation is not driven by narrowly focused heroic effort; and that we would be wiser (and the outcomes better) if instead we whole-heartedly embraced serendipitous discovery and playful creativity. Controversial at its heart, yet refreshingly provocative, this book challenges readers to consider life without a destination and discovery without a compass.